Hinche in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hinche plotted against Centre and Haiti. The SNDi of new construction in Hinche followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Centre which rose steadily and Haiti which rose steadily. Most recently, Hinche's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hinche ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Centre and 3rd out of 21 in Haiti as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Belovo, Russia
• Zuoquan, China
• Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom
• Kuthalam, India
• Barra do Garças, Brazil
• Patran, India

In new street additions, Hinche and Belovo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kuthalam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Hinche and Belovo both became progressively more disconnected, while Kuthalam became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Hinche had a more connected network than Belovo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.